Decentralizing Health Services in Mexico: A Case Study in State Reform. Edited by Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde. La Jolla: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies/University of California, San Diego, 2006. Pp. xx, 332. Tables. Figures. Notes. Appendix. Index. $24.95 paper.

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Decentralization: Theory and History. Decentralization: The Long Road from Theory to Practice - the Editors. Decentralization of Health Services in Mexico: A Historical Review - the Editors. The First Attempt, 1983-1988. Decentralizing Health Services: Formulation, Implementaion, and Results - M. Gonzalez-Block, R. Leyva, O. Zapta, R. Loewe, and J. Alagon. Federalist Flirtations: The Politics and Execution of Health Services Decentralization for the Uninsured in Mexico, 1985-1995 - A.-E. Birn. Trying Again, 1994-2004: Case Studies from Five States. Decentralized in Quotes: Baja California Sur, 1996-2000 - L. Olvera Santana. The Slow and Difficult Institutionalization of Health Care Reform in Sonora: 1982-2000 - R. Abrantes Pego. Guanajuato: Invisible Results - S. Arjonilla Alday. Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas: Opening and Closing a Window of Opportunity - the Editors. Decentralization at the Health District Level in Nuevo Leon - the Editors. Conclusions - the Editors.